ammonites
Pterodactylus
Aralia
Agelacrinites
Mesopithecus
Neolenus
Xiphacantha
Microdon
Eunema
Welcome to the PaleoDB

The Paleobiology Database is a scientific organization run by paleontological researchers from around the world. We are bringing together taxonomic and distributional information about the entire fossil record of plants and animals. Everyone is welcome to use our data.

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Site addition
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Featured publication
R. B. J. Benson et al. 2009. Mesozoic marine tetrapod diversity: mass extinctions and temporal heterogeneity in geological megabiases affecting vertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (#104)
Now entering data
John Alroy
UC Santa Barbara
Richard Butler
BSPG
Matt Carrano
Smithsonian Institution
Austin Hendy
STRI
Wolfgang Kiessling
Museum für Naturkunde
Björn Kröger
Museum für Naturkunde
Torsten Liebrecht
Museum für Naturkunde
Uta Merkel
Museum für Naturkunde
Jocelyn Sessa
Penn State
Mark Uhen
George Mason University
New members
Nathalie Nagalingum, Harvard University
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